It is 164 km down-line from Rostov-Glavny and is situated between Zamchalovo and Kamenskaya on the Moscow — Rostov-on-Don line.

The main line of the Voronezh — Rostov-on-Don railway and Likhaya station were opened in 1871.

[5][6] Likhaya is the Kamensk-Shakhtinsky terminus for long-distance and suburban trains operated by Russian Railways.

The most common destinations are: Rostov-on-Don, Moscow, Adler, Novorossiysk, Anapa, Kislovodsk, Saint Petersburg, Stavropol, Makhachkala, Sukhumi, Vladikavkaz.

[7] The station host suburban trains from Rostov-on-Don, Glubokaya, Chertkovo and Morozovskaya.